Shanghai's sizzling weather topped 40 degrees Celsius again on Thursday the hottest place in the country triggering the city's third red heat alert this year. Red is the highest of the city's three color alerts. The temperature hit 40.6 degrees at the downtown Xujiahui weather station around 1pm on Thursday, ranking third in history. It was the city's 10th consecutive day struggling through the over-37-degree heat wave and the 15th high-temperature day this year days at or above 35 degrees. It was lunchtime, inside the car, the temperature has reached 60 degrees. These ice cubes and popsicles are placed in the hot sun at the same time. Within 5 minutes, popsicles turn into a pool of water, and ice cups also become a cup of iced water. There were not many people on the road due to the extremely hot weather. At 12 noon, Shanghai Xujiahui Station topped the national temperature list with 39.8 degrees. In the afternoon, the highest temperature of the whole day stopped at 40.6 degrees. Since July 5, Shanghai has seen three days with temperatures over 40 degrees: July 10, 13 and Thursday. The highs are expected to cool down a little to 38 degrees on Friday and drop to under 35 degrees over the weekend, while the lows will be around 30 degrees.